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Thanks. I just bought the AP not even a month ago but I want a Mellon tune bad! Looks like I might be sellin it!

 

A tune voids your warranty no? Even with no mods.. ?

 

Not only is a tune very difficult to detect for the average Mitsu dealer but it's easily changed back and forth between tuned and stock in a few minutes or less.

 

LIKE EVERYONE IS SAYING, THE BEST IS TO

get either a turboback or a catback (personally tbe is worth it) and a mbc and then tune it. you WILL be happy. no exceptions

 

No need for a MBC. Just buy the properly sized boost pill, retune the boost tables and let the ecu do all the boost control.

The stock boost tables have the boost tapering off by 3 psi or so (don't remember exactly) by redline. By retuning the boost tables in the ecu in conjunction with the properly sized boost pill, you can maintain a constant boost level all the way to redline. That 3 psi should be worth roughly 30whp at redline.

 

Definitely don't sleep on the TBE. That makes a hellafied difference. If it's money you're worried about, which in my case that's what it normally is. I would go with the TBE and wait until I got a mod that was tune worthy. With the TBE you'll definitely feel the difference and won't need a tune.

 

Wrong you need a tune with a TBE or you'll hit fuel cut. TBE and tune FTW!

 

yes, but i have an mbc so he should have one too!

j/k. whatever is up to you, OP. i personally would go mbc for easiness but for better control...ecu controlled boost is the way to go. im just too lazy to do all that.

 

your not going to hit fuel cut with just a TBE and stock boost.

 

When you throw on a TBE the car overboost's. I would know because I did it and had to get tuned because the car was over-boosting. Dont misinform this guy with nonsense of putting on a TBE and no tune.

 

This is NOT correct information. You NEED a tune with a TBE. A coworker of mine had a TBE and BR airfilter with no tune for a while and was detonating. He didn't know it. Ended up sucking a plug into the head. Had to replace the head.

Definitely get a tune with a TBE. Better safe than sorry.

 

Thank you for clearing that up!

 

If you're going to spend the $$$ to get a tune, you might as well get the TBE and boost controller.

A tune - 20whp
A tune, TBE, and BC - 60whp+

It's a no brainer for the little extra $$$. You might as well make it worth your while. You won't regret it.

 

I didn't need one. In fact I didn't start hitting boost cut in my car until I installed a hard pipe intake and cams in my car.

Point being...get a TBE and if you need a tune then get one, if not then....get one anyways, but you don't always HAVE to.